chant
[ chant, chahnt ]
/ tʃænt, tʃɑnt /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to sing.
to utter a chant.
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Also Obsolete, chaunt [chawnt, chahnt] /tʃɔnt, tʃɑnt/ .
Origin of chant
First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English chanten, from Middle French chanter, from Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere “to sing”; (noun) from French chant, from Latin cantus; see canto
OTHER WORDS FROM chant
chant·a·ble, adjectivechant·ing·ly, adverbhalf-chanted, adjectiveun·chant·ed, adjectiveWords nearby chant
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British Dictionary definitions for chant
chant
/ (tʃɑːnt) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of chant
chanting, noun, adjectivechantingly, adverbWord Origin for chant
C14: from Old French chanter to sing, from Latin cantāre, frequentative of canere to sing
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